Erica Hubbard is an American actress and model. Hubbard is best known for her roles as Kiana Anderson in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee, Cassandra "Cassie" Sutton on the ABC Family series Lincoln Heights (2007-09) and Kita Whitmore on Let's Stay Together (2011-14) on the BET network. She is also the voice of Abbey for the TV series The Replacements. She created "The Erica Hubbard Foundation" to help youth in at-risk communities. Life and career Hubbard attended Columbia College in Chicago where she majored in Broadcast Journalism and minored in Theater and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in three years. The show aired on WPWR, a UPN affiliate in Chicago. By the time the third season had started airing, she had already won a Regional Emmy award for hosting the show and earned a Service To America Award from the National Association of Broadcasters. She began acting since the age of nine in commercials for McDonald's, Reebok, Sears, Kellogg's, MCI, and others. Hubbard also appeared in magazine ads for Noxzema in 1997. She has appeared in the films Simon Says, Akeelah and the Bee, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Save the Last Dance, A Cinderella Story, as well as numerous television series including Lincoln Heights, CSI: Miami, and Everybody Hates Chris. Filmography Film Television References External links Erica Hubbard Interview Actresses from Chicago Living people African-American actresses American television actresses American film actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Female models from Illinois African-American female models African-American models Columbia College Chicago alumni 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people Year of birth missing (living people)